Article snippet: MORE's (R-Ariz.) public service and ordered flags to fly at half-staff following a widespread criticism of his response to the Senate icon's passing. "Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain’s service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff until the day of his interment," Trump said in a statement released by the White House. Trump said he has asked Vice President Pence to speak at a memorial service for McCain at the Capitol on Friday and approved military transportation to move the senator's body from Arizona to Washington, D.C. White House chief of staff MORE will represent the administration at McCain's funeral on Sunday at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The president was not invited to the funeral, but former Presidents MORE and George W. Bush were both asked to deliver remarks. Trump faced a backlash earlier Monday after flags over the White House returned to full-staff after having been lowered over the weekend for just over a day. The decision fueled complaints from Republicans and Democrats that Trump was not offering proper respect to McCain, who served more than three decades in the Senate after spending time as a prison of war in Vietnam. U.S. law requires the flag to be lowered the day a member of Congress dies and the following day. But presidents routinely keep the flag at half-staff until the funeral, a tradition Trump decided ... Link to the full article to read more